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WP Custom Status Manager

Create your custom statuses for the core and the custom post type (CPT)

By giangel84·Custom·Free
5(2 reviews)
·40 active installs·Updated 2 days ago
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As of April 2026, WP Custom Status Manager is a WordPress custom plugin with 40 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 2 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0.1+ and PHP 8.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Top alternative: White Label CMS.

5/52 reviews
40active installs
3.0K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019

Overview

With this plugin you can create, edit and delete, your custom statuses for the WordPress post types.
Manage separately groups of status, for each CPT (Custom post type) you can add unlimited numbers of statuses.
It help admins to have more customized CPT areas for all the projects that need one ore more custom post type.
You can’t create CPT, register them manually ore use another plugin like Toolset Types.
You can’t modify the standard core statuses (Draft, Publish, Private, Future), but you can hide them just with a click!

Localization

  • English (default) – always included
  • Italian – always included
  • .pot file (‘hw-wp-status-manager.pot’) for translators is also always included

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Ratings & Reviews

52 reviews
5 ★
2
4 ★
0
3 ★
0
2 ★
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1 ★
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Compatibility

WordPress6.0.1+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHP8.2+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.0.0

  • Gutenberg / Block Editor support: custom statuses now appear in the block editor sidebar via a dedicated panel
  • Custom statuses are registered on the ‘init’ hook instead of ‘admin_init’, enabling frontend and REST API compatibility
  • REST API support: custom statuses can be saved through the WordPress REST API (required by Gutenberg)
  • Dashboard UI overhaul: “Hide core status” column now uses a modern toggle switch instead of Yes/No text links
  • Dashboard UI overhaul: “Registered Custom Statuses” column now displays a clean sub-table with status name and edit icon

…and 17 more changes

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

giangel84giangel84
Plugin Info
Version
2.0.0
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
WP Requires
6.0.1+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
8.2+
Active Installs
40
Downloads
3.0K+
Added
Aug 27, 2019
Business
Free

Tags

customstatusmanagerpost type

Developer

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giangel84
6 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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